@[email protected] I stood in line for the PS2 and the Wii. It was a lot of fun and I get the appeal but it's not something I do anymore.

Partly because I don't really play many new games anymore, and the new games I do play don't usually require high-end hardware (my latest purchases are UFO 50 and Kitsune Tails).

Plus, we now live in a world where I can say "I don't need a PS5, I have a Linux PC" and it's not a joke. Sure didn't see that coming when I bought my PS2.

@OutofPrintArchive I suspect it's a case of reviewers' novelty bias — their career involves so much repetition that anything that feels different is likely to impress them, even if it's not the kind of different that impresses the average player.

Toshinden didn't feel like other fighting games. That probably accounts for its critical consensus at the time being so much better than the consensus in hindsight.

@[email protected] It seemed like a big deal at the time. I haven't played it in 30 years but my recollection is that it felt fast-paced and the mechanic of moving into the foreground or background seemed like a really impressive use of the 3D space.

It impressed me more than Tekken at the time, though obviously history has vindicated Tekken as the better (and more significant) game.

@[email protected] Never got into it but keep meaning to. Love a good Konami RPG. Especially PS1-era.

@freddy You know who'd respond to a bunch of people calling him an asshole by reviving the conversation to announce that he "touched a nerve"?

An asshole.

@DarkThoughts I wish you'd stayed on Reddit.

@nieceandtows Yeah, I love GOG's DRM-free ethos and I'd love to support them, but they sure don't seem interested in supporting me.

I'd like for Steam to have good competition because monoculture is bad and competition is good for everybody. But if you're a Linux gamer, nobody else compares to Valve.

Itch.io is really the only other game store that shows anything like Valve's level of support for Linux, and it's great but it's not a Steam competitor.

@Potatosarenotfriends Two things happened that changed everything: Proton and the open-source AMD graphics stack.

@sunred @EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted GOG used to be better than most about making Linux versions available, but sadly that was a long time ago. I like their DRM-free ethos and would like to support them, but I'm not going to buy games that don't run on my computer.

I wish Steam had more competition, because competition is good and monoculture is bad. But you really can't beat Steam for Linux gaming; nobody else is even trying. (Maybe itch.io, but they're not really a Steam competitor.)

@warmaster Interesting. I've been using Manjaro as my primary for a while and I like it a lot but I've had some unpleasant interactions asking for help on the forums so I keep an eye out for other options.

@Anomandaris @mouse My experience has largely been that games Just Work if you stick with Steam, but that running games from other sources is a lot more hit-or-miss. Lutris and Heroic are great but can be really fiddly.

Dual booting is a great way to start. I did it for years. Linux gaming eventually got good enough that I don't need to dual boot anymore, but YMMV; your use case may be different.

(I still keep a Windows machine around for TurboTax and Comic Collector Pro, but not for games.)

@Privatepower42 @CAPSLOCKFTW @JVT038 IME Lutris has more options but Heroic is easier to use.